Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-31
TARIFF TAXATION.
..,,, of the Massachusetts, Tariff
Reform League.
,,,rpsses by Men From the North and
the South.
u,.e Is Such a Thing as Being Pro.
tected too Much.
e.. system of Tariff Taxation Has Out.
grown Itself.
p,otecticn Never Healthy Nor in the
Long Run Profitable.

posTON. DeCem Der ES.-lhe meeting and
.,rouet OF the Massachusetts Tariff Reform
r.ocue. at the Brunswick tonight, were
,,hly successful. There was present a
I.rre number OF prominent politicians and
corernment officials from Massachusetts,
md elsewhere, among the number being
aou. James Russell Lowell, General j. NJ.
rose, Hon. Patrick A. Collins, Congress-
men VIC. P. Breckenridge, OF Kentucky,
" L. Wilson, OF West Virginia, and Sena-
,or John L. Morgan, OF Alabama. At 5:45
.business meeting OF the league was held and
solutions indorsing the message OF Presi-
,sut Cleveland were unanimously adopted.
officers were then elected, after which the
,,rty proceeded to the banquet hall, when
.be gentlemen to the number OF 812 were
sasted, Rev. James Freeman Clark, D. D.,
nvoked the divine blessing. After the
Sauouet Hon. Jas. Russell Lowell raped
Sp meeting to order. In the course O: his
remarks he said:
LowELL's SPEECH.
One Of the reasons that chiefly suggested
.be opportuneness of our coming together
here has been the Presidents message at
tbe opening of the present Congress. I feel
myself strongly attracted to Mr.. CleveandI
a. the best representative of higher type
d dAmericanism than we have seen since
lincoln was snatched from us. We are
here to felicitate each other tina t the Presi-
dsntial chair has a man in it, and this
means that every word he says is weighted
with what be is. This man understands
poitcs to mean business. not chicanery;
pIain speaking, not falterine with us in a
double sense, that he has had the cour-
ace to tell the truth to the country
without regard to personal or party
consequences. Our politics call loudly for
a broom. Mr.. Cleveland has found the
broom and the men to ply it. He has shown
that there was such a thing as being pro-
tected too much, and that we had pro-
tected our shipping interests 80 effectually
that they had ceased to be protection by
easing to exist. In thus limiting the field
Of his warning and his counsels, he has
done wisely, and we shall do wisely in fol.
lowing his examples" At the first reference
to President Cleveland, DR.. VIM. Everett,
Jr. proposed three cheers for Cleveland,
which were given with will. Upon con-
Guiding his speech, Mr.. Lowell introduced
HON. JOHN f. MORGAN,
Of Alabama. The Senator said: II believs
we are now about to relieve our country OF
some OF the fatuous enterprises which have
injured her and crippled our wealth. To
me it is pleasant thing that men of the
South and North are to-day conferring
upon q question which is of interest to all.
We find now, and will find forever that there
Hno sedate reason why two sections should
be embroiled Sectional lines OF distinction
no longer exist and we are at last one
people. | object to that system which
wrngs money from the people to apply it
to the support of political aspirations. The
system Of tariff taxation has ont grown
itself. The question is shall wecu' down the
revenue wear after year? Or shall we dry
up the resources OF this revenue and stop
this wrong to the country
CONGRESSMAN BRECKENRIDGE.
Of Kentucky. after speaking OF the grave
Importance of the tariff question and tn"
pressing need OF Congressional action, said:
Protection is never healthy, nor in the
long run profitable, any more than the
feverfsh strength and restlessness produced
by stimulants is an evidence o: health. lhe
present rates of taxation are uhequai'
onerous and hurtiul to the mass OF those
in the industries profassedly
sought to be protected, and so far as taxa
ton is unnecessary for the necessities OF 9. a
government economically administered II
is unjustly imposed and illegally gathered
from the people. Reduction OF taxat!on
and revision of the tariff, to which
both great political parties are pledged
must be made gradually and cautiously
with watchfuIness. Systems long estab
lished cannot be readily changed, and grave
practical difficulties lie in the path OF any
reform. In the nature OF the case all pro
tective tariffs must have an element OF IN
stability and uncertainty; therefore, il tc
some this system il indeed a benefit, to al
others it is an injury and wrong. Con
gresham Wilson OF West Virginia. Con
Rogers OF Arkansas and Others
followed in brief addresses.